MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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